Republic of Ireland FIFA World Rankings

Current
Rep of Ireland FIFA Ranking

Average
Rep of Ireland FIFA Ranking

32

32

The Republic of Ireland's
current FIFA World Cup ranking is 32. Since FIFA began compiling these
rankings in 1992 Ireland's average ranking has been 32 out of 206 football
playing nations.

Ireland's highest ever
level in the FIFA World rankings was an unbelievable 9, in the second
set of published rankings in 1994. Ireland achieved this ranking during
the Jack Charlton era on the way to appearing in a second consecutive
World Cup finals competition. In the 1990 World Cup finals in Italy had
reached the quarter-finals and would go on to qualify for the 1994 World
Cup finals in the USA.

The Republic's worst ever
ranking was 67 in 2013 and again in 2015. The former was during the Giovanni
Trapattoni era and the last time was into the Martin O'Neill tenure as
Irish manager.

FIFA World Rankings System

FIFA have changed and tweaked
the ranking system a number of times over the decades however the objective
remains unchanged - to try to objectively measure where football nations
rank in relation to each other, based upon results achieved. A points
system is used with points being awarded based on the results of all full
international matches.

Under the current system,
rankings are based upon a country's performance over the past 48 months.
The most recent results and the more significant matches receiving a heavier
weighting. The current FIFA ranking system was most recently revamped
after the 2006 World Cup. The most significant change was that the rankings
are based upon results over the previous four years instead of the previous
eight years.

Historical Republic of Ireland FIFA World
Rankings

The following is a historical
listing of Ireland's FIFA World rankings since 1993: